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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – DECEMBER 19: The FIFA President Joseph S Blatter talks to the media during a FIFA press conference at the Sofitel Marrekch on December 19, 2014 in Marrakech, Morocco. (Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

VIDEO: John Oliver takes down Sepp Blatter amid FIFA presidential election

0 comments by on 5/18/2015

John Oliver has dealt with FIFA in the past on his show, Last Week Tonight. About a year ago, he tackled the FIFA World Cup and displayed the conundrum we all face as soccer fans. Now, he goes after Sepp Blatter as he is running for re-election for FIFA President. This comes after the ESPN […]

CURITIBA, BRAZIL – JUNE 20: FIFA President Joseph Blatter looks on during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group E match between Honduras and Ecuador at Arena da Baixada on June 20, 2014 in Curitiba, Brazil. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Blatter praised as combination of Jesus, Moses, Mandela, MLK, Lincoln and Churchill

0 comments by on 4/17/2015

This isn’t a joke, I wish it was. Someone who has power in world soccer actually compared FIFA President Sepp Blatter to Jesus Christ, Moses, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill and said that Blatter was a combination to all of those people. Dominican Republic Federation President Osiris Guzman was […]

SWANSEA, WALES – DECEMBER 04: TV pundit David Ginola looks on before the Barclays Premier League match between Swansea City and Newcastle United at the Liberty Stadium on December 4, 2013 in Swansea, Wales. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Former soccer player running for FIFA President, makes Blatter look competent

0 comments by on 1/16/2015

FIFA’s presidential elections are coming and people are lining up to challenge current FIFA President Sepp Blatter. We have profiled those who are exemplary and today, we’re profiling those who are potentially on the other end of the spectrum. Former French international David Ginola officially announced today that he is running for FIFA President. Based […]

You can’t charge him with corruption if he can’t hear you.

FIFA Not Responsible For Qatar’s Workers Conditions According to Blatter

0 comments by on 12/2/2014

Sepp Blatter is in that zone where you wouldn’t be shocked by anything that he says. Blatter tested that in Sri Lanka by deflecting responsibility for Qatar’s labor situation to individual companies who employ those workers. In a report from The Guardian, Blatter said that, “[companies from European countries] are responsible for their workers and […]

World Cup controversy takes another twist as FIFA lodges criminal complaint

0 comments by on 11/18/2014

Just when we thought the bizzare story of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process couldn’t get any stranger. Just a day after releasing a report on the full investigation headed by Michael Garcia, FIFA has now turned over that report for criminal prosecution by the Swiss Attorney General. The world governing body issued […]

Is UEFA seriously threatening to leave FIFA over corruption report?

0 comments by on 11/15/2014

Irony and international soccer seem to be a match made in heaven these days. No other example may be greater than a report released on Saturday, suggesting that European soccer governing body UEFA may leave international soccer body FIFA behind. All of it apparently over the failure of FIFA to release the full report of […]

FIFA’s $25 Million Film was Made For FIFA And FIFA Alone

0 comments by on 11/14/2014

So…I watched United Passions and this movie is all over the place. There are moments where it seems as if they made the movie for those who have never heard of soccer or FIFA but then there are moments where you have to be an expert to understand what’s going on. All throughout the movie, […]

Is FBI About to Investigate FIFA for Corruption?

0 comments by on 11/13/2014

Last week, we reported on former FIFA official Chuck Blazer informing on FIFA for the FBI. This week, CNN is reporting that the FBI is stepping up its own corruption investigation that could land some FIFA officials in hot water. This runs contrary to FIFA’s own report on Thursday that cleared itself of any corruption in the […]

Qatar Corruption Summary Released

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Hans-Joachim Eckert’s summary of Michael Garcia’s report on corruption in bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups have been released and it’s as expected from yesterday. Russia and Qatar have been cleared of wrongdoing, and pretty much every other country is to blame. We only got the 42 page summary of the 430 page […]

Chuck Blazer Was Informant Investigating FIFA For FBI

0 comments by on 11/2/2014

The New York Daily News has a very thorough account of how former FIFA Executive Committee and top CONCACAF member, Chuck Blazer, became an informant for the FBI in order to gain information on possible crimes committed by other high members of FIFA. The entire article in the New York Daily News is informative and […]

Qatar World Cup Games Could Begin at 1 AM Local Time

0 comments by on 10/20/2014

Harold Mayne-Nicholls has a plan to combat the heat of Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. His plan is to stage all of the games at night to avoid the sunlight. This requires having games late into the night in order to fit the current group game schedule. In a report from BBC Sport, […]

Coca-Cola States Publicly That They Want Transparency Within FIFA

0 comments by on 10/14/2014

Many FIFA sponsors have sort of danced around the issue with FIFA’s ethics and standards but it finally seems like one sponsor is taking the next step forward, albeit a very small one. Coca-Cola has publicly stated that they would like to see more transparency within FIFA amid allegations of unethical behavior resulting in Russia […]

Send off Senderos: The Case for the 5th Official

0 comments by on 9/15/2014

This Saturday saw Liverpool lose to a composed and sturdy Aston Villa side. It also saw some fairly dirty play, notably from Villa defenders Philippe Senderos and Alan Hutton. While there is a place in the game for rough play and ‘gamesmanship’, there is no room in the modern game for some of the play […]

Sepp Blatter says Replay Challenges May Only be a Year Away

0 comments by on 9/8/2014

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has come out in support of a TV replay challenge system today at Manchester’s Soccerex. The system would be similar to the NFL’s challenge system and could be trialed as early as 2015 at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand. Blatter, who also unsurprisingly announced he would be running […]

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